The End of Summer

let’s get lost, you and I
all those green lights in a row, one by one
let’s race through them before they turn yellow
before everything turns yellow
before the leaves fall to the ground
we can press the sand in between our toes
we can pretend there’s no where else on earth
no other place to stand but on the edge
where the wind takes your breath away
because sometimes breathing is far to overrated
and if you believed so deeply
that touching your skin to mine
could cause these chemicals to react
then let’s see how unstable an atom we can make
let’s prove this world of convention is for the birds
and maybe if we can defy these changing seasons
find a way to live in the spaces in between
hide inside each molecule of air and water
then we could live this life the way it was intended
maybe then we could make this last

"People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love."

 Chuck Palahniuk

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Just Be

I want to cut back, reduce, de-clutter, simplify
but I can’t seem to stop those voices in my head
that say more, more, more
go further, move faster, work harder
a product of the north east chill
where you pound the pavement so hard
you can’t look up from your feet
silent ships crossing in the night
a traffic jam of the walking dead
so I sit still and take a deep breath
and in those quiet hours I can hear
the tick tick ticking timebomb
of my dissatisfaction
more, more, more
now, now, now
I wonder if it’s ever going to be enough
to just be 

Up In The Air

On the edge of this earth
looking down upon it all
tip-toeing on tectonic plates
that shift silently in the night
do I dare dive in the ocean
before it surely will consume me
wash me down into the tide
eroding land beneath my feet
but ever was there solid ground
that kind you could build a house on
the kind you could call a home
this tight rope walker growing tired
celebrating what is given
hills of possibility and change
mourning all this rift has taken
of love and life and lust
leaving me high and unsteady
in altitudes of uncertainty
unsure of each fragile step
wishing there were arms below
that would catch me dare I fall

Brighter Days

I will chase the sun if I have to
to the distant corners of the earth
so I can feel it’s never ending rays
warm me from the outside in
I won’t wait till it finds me on its own
so many hours until morning comes
l don’t the patience for those kind of things

Never Never

four tires
on hot black pavement
take us
and we are ready to go
to far off destinations
wind cutting through our hair
music echoing through our souls
and we are ready
nothing can keep up with us
no freight trains
nor negative words they blow our way
we rain down with fists of fury
done rebelling against our parents
now we ricochet for the sake of it
just because we can
because we want to hold on to our youth
remembering what it was like
to own the day and the night
and everything in between
cool air cuts through our hands
like wings on air planes
out car windows
and believe me
this time
we’re going to take off

Dimples

Deep inside those dimples is beauty buried deep
And I wish I knew the way to dive on in
Journey through a smile that lights the world
But somewhere along the way I forgot how
To much time spent cleaning up spilled milk
And if I knew any better from these years
I would find a home to live in there
But these legs have a tendency to run